Emmaus Women’s Shelter cannot function without volunteers. The time and talents of generous workers fuels our day-to-day activities. Through their support of our fundraising events, volunteers have helped to raise 85% of our operating capitol.

Volunteer Needs

OakHaven Day Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 3:30, and we can almost always find something that needs to be done. Every volunteer helps to restore the lives of homeless women and their children by supporting our staff. Volunteers make us more effective in our efforts to provide cost-efficient service to the people we serve. Every volunteer task benefits the homeless women at the Day Center.

Event Volunteers

Emmaus Women’s Shelter fundraising efforts are designed to include volunteers. Whether it is event day staffing, materials preparation or planning committee work, volunteers are an integral part of fundraising for Emmaus Women’s Shelter .

Emmaus Women’s Shelter has volunteer opportunities for high school and college students ages 16 and older who desire to serve like the Good Samaritan. Opportunities include sorting clothing, serving lunch, administrative duties, bussing the table, supervising children and more.

If you would like to volunteer at Emmaus Women’s Shelter, please fill out the Volunteer Interest Form below. For more information about volunteering, contact us at emmausshelter@gmail.com. Attached is the code for the page. Some editing will HAVE to be done, including color changes and changing the name of the shelter from St. Patrick to Emmaus Women’s Shelter.

Practicum and Internship

Emmaus Women’s Shelter offers degree-seeking college and university students at LaGrange College a variety of opportunities to apply classroom learning in a practical setting. These opportunities exist for students from a variety of college and university curricula: social work, counseling, occupational therapy, nursing, sociology, and psychology. Human service students can gain experience in:

• Case Management
• Central Intake
• Mental Health/Substance Abuse treatment
• Database development

If you are a student at LaGrange College and you are interested in a human service practicum or internship at Emmaus Women’s Shelter, please contact:

Career Development Center 601 Broad Street LaGrange, GA 30240-2999 Phone:706-880-8177 Email:jobs@lagrange.edu

All internships are unpaid for college credit for Fall and Spring semesters, with flexible hours based on the student’s schedule. (Students needing a summer internship will also be considered.) The shelter work day is Mon-Fri 8:30am-3:30pm but could include some evenings and weekends.